Our island stories : country walks through colonial Britain /
by Fowler, Corinne.
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BookPublisher: London : Allen Lane, 2024Description: xvi, 408 pages : maps ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780241561638 (hbk.) :; 0241561639 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 914.1048 FOWSubject(s): Fowler, Corinne -- Travel -- Great Britain | Walking -- Great Britain | Travel and Tourism | Travel and Tourism | United Kingdom, Great Britain | British Empire | c 1500 onwards to present day | European history | Colonialism & imperialism | Great Britain -- Description and travel | Great Britain -- Colonies -- HistorySummary: The countryside is cherished by many Britons. There is a depth of feeling about rural places, the moors and lochs, valleys and mountains, cottages and country houses. Yet the British countryside, so integral to our national identity, is rarely seen as having anything to do with British colonialism. Where the countryside is celebrated, histories of empire are forgotten. Historian Corinne Fowler brings rural life and colonial rule together with transformative results. Through ten country walks, roaming the island with varied companions, she combines local and global history, connecting the Cotswolds to Calcutta, Dolgellau to Virginia, and Grasmere to Canton. Empire transformed rural lives for better and for worse: whether in Welsh sheep farms or Cornish copper mines, it offered both opportunity and exploitation.
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| 914.1048 BRY The road to Little Dribbling : more notes from a small island / | 914.1048 BRY Notes from a small island / | 914.1048 COL Living and working in the UK: | 914.1048 FOW Our island stories : country walks through colonial Britain / | 914.1048 MAC Landmarks / | 914.1048 ROU The rough guide to Great Britain. | 914.1048 WAL Great Britain. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The countryside is cherished by many Britons. There is a depth of feeling about rural places, the moors and lochs, valleys and mountains, cottages and country houses. Yet the British countryside, so integral to our national identity, is rarely seen as having anything to do with British colonialism. Where the countryside is celebrated, histories of empire are forgotten. Historian Corinne Fowler brings rural life and colonial rule together with transformative results. Through ten country walks, roaming the island with varied companions, she combines local and global history, connecting the Cotswolds to Calcutta, Dolgellau to Virginia, and Grasmere to Canton. Empire transformed rural lives for better and for worse: whether in Welsh sheep farms or Cornish copper mines, it offered both opportunity and exploitation.
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